CPU cooler: Raijintek Triton (Water cooling) or good air cooler?

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Hey guys. so basically question above. I'm buying a new cooler to replace my stock one. I use I5 4670k CPU. Would you recommend getting good air cooler or Raijintek TRITON? I'm not interested in other water coolers since they cost more (Over 100€)
 
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I had never heard of the Raijintek Triton so I did some research on the product and it is very impressive in the cooling performance area so I absolutely give it a thumbs up recommendation!

The link below is to it's performance capabilities but the entire review itself covers good installation information, you may need in case you decide to go with it.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/c...jintek-triton-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-review/6/
 
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Thanks for the answer. And regarding Noctua and Phanteks, these two are really expensive, about 80€ in my country, and I can get water cooling for that money.



I already read that review yesterday and I do agree this CPU looks awesome :D Anyway, I'm not sure whether I'm willing to spend 80€ for a cooling. I've read that nowadays, aircoolers are so good they are on par with water cooling.
 
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Yes, good air coolers are as good as low-mid grade liquid coolers, plus they also cool motherboard components, which liquid coolers do not. Air coolers also tend to be quieter.
I've also never heard of an air cooler taking a leak in someone's case.
 
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On Friday I ordered a Raijintek TRITON, and I just received one. Can't wait to install it! :)
 
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Post, if you will, how it performs and how the installation goes?

 
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Will do :)

I just installed it and now testing for temps, but something's really strange to me. The temps are jumping from 26-31 in 2 sec intervals. Could I do something wrong?

EDIT: Also, it's worth mentioning that when I run Prime95 my CPU (i5 4670k, stock clock) reaches 80 on all cores in less than 4 sec. What the hell?
 
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Sounds like the water block did not get properly mounted. I'd try resetting it first.
 
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There's no air bubbles, in tube, only in reservoir. Is it possible that thermal paste layer is too thin?
 
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After 20 minutes on Aida64 these are maximum temperatures:

70 71 69 67 [°C]

Now, 25 into stress test, they are even lower:
59 60 63 67 [°C]

not sure why :D
 
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Try to set fan's to max speed maybe you will get even lower temps but those temp are great.Ingame they will be much lower.After 25 min fans probably started to spin faster that way lower temps.Have a fun time OC'ing.
 
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